Humans Vs Chemicals
A wise man once stated, “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man 's needs, but not every man 's greed.” -Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was one of the wise people that realized we need to take better care of our home planet Earth. Another wise person who also thought the Earth should be taken better care of was Rachel Carlson. In 1962 Carlson wrote “The Obligation to Endure” in hopes to educate people on this matter. In this essay I am going to explain how Carlson’s ideas have changed since she wrote her book in 1962.
To begin I’m going to talk about Rachel Carlson and her ideas. She first starts off with how man has polluted our rivers and many other valuable resources (Postman 2). She explains how the damage humans
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However this information was written in the 1960s and a lot has changed since then. Not everything she says is true in the world today. I am going to explain what is still happening in our world and how we are trying to make our world better. With all of these great changes in our world we have made some outstanding advances. My first point I’m arguing against is the fact that she said most people don 't know what these chemicals are or what they do. For an example the MSDS (Material Data Safety Sheet) is required by law to be in every healthcare facility and everyone working in these facilities are trained to know where they are located and how to use them. “It’s a document that contains information on the potential hazards (health, fire, reactivity and environmental) and how to work safely with the chemical product. It also contains information on the use, storage, handling and emergency procedures all related to the hazards of the material” ("OSH Answers Fact Sheets.”). Also she said that there’s 500 chemicals being made in a year that has changed immensely. “More than 7 million recognized chemicals are in existence, and approximately 80,000 of them are in common use worldwide” ("Chemical Industry Archives.").However just because we are making more chemicals it does not mean we use all of them. In fact we are
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Human Impact on the Environment Introduction = == == == ==
“Unless humanity is suicidal, it should want to preserve, at the minimum, the natural life-support systems and processes required to sustain its own existence” (Daily p.365). I agree with scientist Gretchen Daily that drastic action is needed now to prevent environmental disaster. Immediate action and changes in attitude are not only necessary for survival but are also morally required. In this paper, I will approach the topic of environmental ethics from several related sides. I will discuss why the environment is a morally significant concern, how an environmental ethic can be developed, and what actions such an ethic would require to maintain and protect the environment.
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